In recognition of their service to the SIG:
2019-2021
Kimberly Stormer (2019-2021)
Missouri State University
Kimberly J. Stormer, Ph.D., received her bachelor’s degree in English, a master of arts in teaching, and a master in educational leadership from Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma. She completed her doctoral work in instructional leadership academic and curriculum with an emphasis in English education at the University of Oklahoma. Her classroom experience includes seven years as a high school and middle level English language arts and Title I teacher in southwest Oklahoma. Dr. Stormer’s research agenda includes the writing habits of Black and Brown writers and stakeholders’ self-efficacy in exploring and engaging in culturally responsive practices. Her professorial experiences include Middle Grades Program Coordinator at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky and Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri. She is currently the Department Chair of Education and Professional Programs at Langston University, a HBCU in Langston, Oklahoma. She is a council member of the Middle Level Research Special Interest Group and sits on the editorial board for the Middle School Journal. Her recent and upcoming publications include publications include Why Can’t Tyrone Write: Reconceptualizing Flower and Hayes for African-American Adolescent Male Writers in Middle Grades Review, Less Doing, More Being: A Conceptual Framework for Culturally Responsiveness in Middle Grades Education in The International Handbook of Middle Level Education: Theory, Research, and Policy, and Plickers: Differentiation in Realtime in National Journal to Accelerate Middle Grade Reform.
Jessica DeMink-Carthew (2019-2021)
University of Vermont
Dr. Jessica DeMink-Carthew’s research centers on supporting middle school teachers in advocating for and creating developmentally responsive learning environments for young adolescents. Her current research focuses on social justice education, personalized learning, and proficiency-based learning as liberatory practices that can promote equity. She is an active advocate for middle grades education locally and nationally through her various roles as researcher, teacher educator, and community partner. She serves on the AMLE Research Advisory Council and is on the executive council of the AERA Middle Level Education Research Special Interest Group. She is an experienced middle grades educator who has taught in France, Michigan, and Hawaii and continues to love learning with and from middle grades students and teachers.
Fran Falk-Ross (2019-2021)
Pace University
Dr. Francine Falk-Ross is a Professor and Coordinator of the Literacy Education Graduate Program at Pace University in Pleasantville, New York, and the Chair of the New York City campus, where she teaches courses on literacy topics to preservice and practicing teachers, including a course on Middle Grades Reading Methods. She is an active member of the Association of Middle Level Educators, Literacy Research Association, and the American Educational Reading Association’s SIGs for Middle Level Education Research and for Research in Reading and Literacy, and she has presented research individually and with colleagues. Her research publications are at national and international forums including The Handbook of Research in Middle Level Education, Middle Grades Research Journal, the Middle School Journal, Research in the Teaching of English, Social Education, and The International Journal of Learner Diversity and Identities. Dr. Ross has been writing on middle-level literacy topics focused on new literacies, language differences, and students with special needs, for over 25 years and finds the collaborations and camaraderie supportive of friendships and research development.
2019-2020
Penny Howell, Chair
University of Louisville
Cheryl Ellerbrock, Program Chair
University of South Florida
Kathleen Brinegar, Vice Chair
Johnson State College/Northern Vermont University
Margaret Rintamaa, Treasurer
University of Kentucky
Mike DiCicco, Secretary
Northern Kentucky University
Shawn Faulkner, Immediate Past Chair
Northern Kentucky University
Penny Bishop, Executive Advisor
University of Vermont
Kristina Falbe, Newsletter Editor
Illinois State University
Nicole Miller, Webmaster
Mississippi State University
Susan Leonard, Grad Student Rep
University of Georgia
SIG Association Council Members
Katherine Main
Griffith University, Australia
Matthew Moulton
University of Georgia
Stacie Pettit
Augusta University
Kimberly Stormer
Missouri State University
Jessica DeMink-Carthew
University of Vermont
Fran Falk-Ross
Pace University
2018-2019
Steve Mertens, Executive Advisor
Illinois State University
John Downes, Council Member
University of Vermont
Kristina Falbe, Council Member
Illinois State University
Holly Pinter, Council Member
Western Carolina University
2017-2018
Stephanie Bennett, Treasurer
Mississippi State
Nicole Miller, Secretary
Mississippi State University
Christopher Cook, Immediate Past Chair
Appalachian State University
Council Members
Larry Daniel
The Citadel
Mike DiCicco
Northern Kentucky University
Michelle Williams
Stephen F. Austin State University
Matthew Moulton, Grad Student Rep
University of Georgia
Nicole Miller & Kathleen Brinegar – Editors – Chronicle of Middle Level Education
2016-2017
Laurie Ramirez
Appalachian State University
Kathleen Alley
Mississippi State University
Kathleen Brinegar
Johnson State College
2014-2016
Nicole Thompson, Secretary
University of Memphis
nlthmpsn@memphis.edu
Lisa Harrison, Treasurer
Ohio University
David Strahan, Executive Advisor
Western Carolina University
Pam Angelle, Newsletter Editor
University of Tennessee
Council Members
Dana Franz
Bogum Yoon
2013-2015
Council Members
Cheryl Ellerbrock
Nancy Flowers